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Re: [PLUG] Help with Lawsuit
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The problem with that theory is that access frequency of data must be
pre-known. When you create a website that accesses a database (or
datastore), you must asssume that any information can be requested at any
time and as frequently as necessary.
I actually worked on a project where large amounts of data were stored on
tapes. Each tape was indexed into a database. So once it was known what
tape contained the data of interest, the robot would load the tape so the
file could be accessed. So the application had to be constructed in such a
way that allowed for literally minutes to retrieve the data - and with
client/server this was much easier. However, the index database was a
traditional database stored on a fast medium.
This really doesn't have anuthing to do with the subject at hand. The
weather is nice, it's a slow day, and it's fun to reminisce. Especially
since that project was a lot more interesting than my current one.
Paul said:
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>>>Since I assume you've seen web sites running off tape stores before,
>>> can you point out a couple to me?
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>>Never seen that, and it'd be a totally stupid thing to do...
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> I don't know who wrote what, but, I have a general comment. There are
> data storage theories and methods that suggest that very infrequently
> used data could be stored and retrieved from very slow, high capacity
> media. Data that is needed routinely and very quickly is to be stored
> on faster media. So, data that is only accessed once a year could be
> kept on tape while data that is accessed daily could be kept on a hard
> disk. It kind of makes sense if you have an enormous amount of data.
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